Vehicle-seat



C. M. KELLOGG.

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VEHIGLE SEAT.

Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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CHARLES M. KELLOGG, OF CHETEK, WISCONSIN.

VEHICLE-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,939, dated January30, 1894.

f Application filed June 9, 1893. Serial No. 477,034. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. KELLOGG, of Ohetek, in the county ofBarron and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vehicle-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle seats, and it has forits object to so construct the vehicle seat that the lazy-back sectionthereof will havea hinged connection with the back proper of the seat,and furthermore whereby the lazy-back section will be connected withspring cushioned slides,where by when a person exerts rearward pressurelagainst the lazy-back section, the section will fallback against thetension of the spring cushions to a predetermined degree, returningtoits normal or upright position automatically when released frompressure.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle seat whichwill be exceedingly comfortable, enabling a person to assume practicallywhatever position he may desire with reference to the inclination of thebody, in order to accommodate himself to the road over which he may betraveling.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is lo be had to the accompanying drawings forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the vehicle seat having the improvedback applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig 3 is a planview of a portion of a seat, and likewise a plan view partly in section,of the cushion attachment to the seat. Fig. 4V is a horizontal sectionthrough the cushion attachment, the said section being taken practicallyon the line 4&4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section throughthe cushion attachment, taken practically on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In carrying out the invention the vehicle seat proper A, may be of anydesired shape or of any approved construction.' The lazyback B, maylikewise be of any well known form, and may be made to approach thebackproper of the seat more or less closely. The lazy-back section of theseat is connected with the main back section by means of hinges l0, ofany approved description. Ordinarily, however, each of the hingesconsists of a link or bar securely fastened to the rear of the lazy-backsection, and the lower ends of the 6o link or bar are pivotallyconnected with the rear of the main back section, as shown at 11 inFigs. 1 and 2. Usually two hinges are employed, one of them beinglocated at each side of the center of the back.

A cushion attachment C, is located upon each end of the seat. Thiscushion attachment is adapted to be attached to the end portions of thelazy-back. Each cushion attachment consists of a casing 12, which casingis 7o sometimes made as shown in the drawings, in two sections 12a and12b. Both sections are made substantially fiat upon their rear faces,and their body portions are cylindrical in cross section, or practicallyso, and said body portions are hollow. The section l2b of the casing isadapted to fit over one end of the section 12a, and both of thesesections at their outer ends are usually provided with lugs 13,

through which screws or like fastening de- 8o i vices are passed for thepurpose of securing the attachment to the vehicle seat. In the end ofthe casing which is adapted to be capped by the section l2b a slot 14,is produced in its upper and lower surfaces, the slots being in 8 5vertical alignment; and within the section 12a of the casing whichcontains the slots a spring l15, of any desired character, is located.The spring ordinarilyemployed is a coiled spring,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4; andthe spring has 9o bearing against one endof the casing, while at its opposite end it bears against or is attachedto a slide 16, loosely fitted in the casing section 12a, which slide isprovided with guide projections 16"', adapted to travel in the 95 casingslots 14. The casing is secured to either the outer side surface of theends of the seat, or to the top edge of said ends, according to thecharacter of the connection between the' casing and theA lazy-back; orin roo other words, the position ofthe casing is regulated according tothe shape of the arm rests 17 of the seat. After the slide 16, has beenplaced in the section 12 of the casing, the open end of said casing isclosed by a plug 18, which is secured therein in any suitable orapproved manner. Whenever it is desirable to remove the spring andslide, the two sections of the casing are separated and the plug 18 iswithdrawn, whereupon the slide and spring may be readily taken outthrough the open end of the section in which they are 1ocated. The armrests 17, are usually secured to the end portions of the lazy-backsection, 1

and are curved forwardly and downwardly until their lower ends arepassed through the slide 16, preferably at its widest point; and

removed from the lazy-back section it will automatically return to itsupright position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination with a vehicle seat, and a backhaving a hinged connection with the seat, of side arms connected at oneend with the seat, and spring devices acting on the forward ends of saidarms, and consisting each of a cylindrical casing comprising a mainsection slot-ted at diametrically opposite points and an end captherefor each provided with end lugs having iiat rear faces andapertured for receiving screws or the like,a block fitted on the mainsection and provided with guide projections fitting in the slots of thecasing, the side arms of the lseat being secured to the said blocks, anda plug fitting the end of the main section, said end being received inthe cap section, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

MARY A. KELLOGG, GUY KELLOGG.

